Fifty is a great round number to celebrate, but it also tends to be a milestone that leads to some soul-searching and sometimes a mid-life crisis.
After years of encouragement and industry incentives by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the penetration rate for IATA members adopting electronic air waybills (e-AWBs) has finally topped the 50 percent mark, meaning that, for the fir...
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With results in from many of the world’s major cargo carriers and airports, it looks like air freight demand growth in May was extremely strong – perhaps not as strong as in March 2017, but an improvement over April (which was by no means weak). From the revenue data available, it appears that yields also increased sharply last month.
Our sister publication, Cargo Facts reports:
Air freight demand...
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A full week after the surprise results of the U.K. general election that denied the Conservative Party a majority in Parliament, more aviation and freight groups are weighing in about possible delays in the negotiations over Great Britain’s planned exit from the European Union, or the “Brexit.”
The traditional “Queen’s Speech” that Queen Elizabeth II reads to the sitting Prime Minister to...
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LATAM Cargo has reported a year-on-year improvement in its monthly traffic for the first time in two-and-a-half years, while US carriers continue to see improving monthly figures.
The Santiago-headquartered airline saw cargo traffic during May increase by 1.3% year on year to reach 271m revenue tonne km (FTK).
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The last time the airline register...
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Laurent Simon, Managing Director of Kuehne + Nagel Singapore and Malaysia: “Kuehne + Nagel has a clear goal to minimise environmental impact and the use of renewable energy is an integral part of our sustainability targets. Solar-as-a-service is the ideal extension to this logistics hub which was built according to highest environmental standards. As a service provider, Kuehne + Nagel is a solid p...
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As Qatar battles major boycotts, Oman’s ports of Sohar and Salalah are set to handle its regional sea trade, while airlines, including Iran Air, are carrying large quantities of food imports.
Since last week, when seven countries cut ties to Qatar, carriers have been working out new routings to avoid a direct link between the UAE’s ports and Qatar’s.
With container hubs at Jebel Ali, Khar Fakkan,...
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Air New Zealand and Garuda Indonesia’s hopes of overturning a 2016 ruling that they colluded on implementing cargo surcharges has been dealt a near fatal blow, with the Australian High Court rejecting their appeal. Fifteen carriers were caught up in the legal action, which was initially dismissed in 2014 before a ruling last year held in favour of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
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Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker has called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to lift what it describes as the illegal airspace ban it faces in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.
In a statement issued earlier today, the airline said 90% of its flights had managed to depart within 15 minutes of schedule despite the airspace ban, implem...
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Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Eric Wilson (pictured above) as managing director of cargo global sales, replacing Rob LeBel.
Mr Wilson is moving up from his role as director of cargo sales in Asia Pacific – a position he has held since 2015.
He has 25 years’ experience in the aviation sector, the last nine of which have been at Delta Air Lines Cargo, having previously worked for United Airlin...
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